The name of an 700 carved their names hemigrant and user of the Oregon Trail carved into the soft sandstone at Register Cliff, near Guernsey, Wyoming.
Register Cliff is situated neat the Wyoming town of Guernsey. the cliff was a navigational point along the Oregon Trail. Emigrants who arrived at the rock, often by covered wagon, would spend a few days at the base of the cliff by the shores of the North Platte River. They could rest there, a day's journey past Fort Laramie and allow their animals to graze before the river crossing and the continued journey westward. many of these emigrants carved their names in the soft sandstone of the cliff. Seven hundred names can be found carved there. The earliest two are 1797 and 1829. these have been authenticated and probably were the names of mountain men who made a living by trapping. After the settlers ceased to use the trail others added their names, soldiers from Fort Laramie and cowboys. It is estimated that over 500000 emigrants used this and other trails west from 1843-69, over 1 in 10 dying on the way.
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Location: Register Cliff near Guernsey, Wyoming USA
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